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I can’t tell from the pic how severe the slope is, but I ve found that anything with real sidehill is a dry grass proposition only. That means no am moisture, and even dry grass can be an issue if the soil beneath is wet.
Thank goodness the azaleas stop me, or I was going over a bank that size into pool and spa heaters, 3 pumps and filters. And I know better. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 
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I need to check the blades and everything else out on it before it goes back into service. Decided I might just have to push mow the incline of death. There is another steep slope that has the dogs fence in the middle of it that is also impossible to mow with this thing. I used my floor jack to lift it and scooted it to driveway, then put a dolly under the flat wheel and pushed it to the garage. They don’t push well, even with the wheels unlocked. No real good pics of the slope, but you can see the retaining wall here in the top pic above the roof and left of the chimney where it dropped:  
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05-16-2022, 10:04 PM
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05-17-2022, 12:23 AM
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Holy toledo! Count your lucky stars, amigo! Man that could have been ugly. But, it wasn't.
That's a tough spot to run grass up to the edge with that kind of dropoff and no visual cue. Dangerous, really. Especially if you don't have any low voltage or other lighting to identify "the cliff." (Even though you'd likely never go there at night, ya never know...) In former home I had a pretty good slope on one side of property that, foolishly, I often cut laterally as well as on an angle now & then when I was motivated to do a baseball field pattern. The angle of hill and how I had to "hang" on one side of mower to balance the weight was comical (picture motorcycle knee dragging into the hillside)....and neighbors thought I was nuts. It's a miracle I never rolled it.  Here's a suggestion: do yourself a favor and hand mow (with a regular push mower!) that section at least 3-4' wide down to a couple inches (short enough to burn and kill the grass), cover it with some weed fabric, let that sit a week so it cooks everything underneath and it dies, then create a nice 3' - 4' wide lip with a couple inches depth of river rock and Suncast (or similar) plastic edging to keep things neat & tidy. Pick your size of rock, the smaller (~2" diameter) is easier to rake and put down quickly, the bigger takes more time to individually place. I'd guesstimate that to be around 80' total length, so you'd need about 3.5 or so cubic yards of material depending on depth. And maybe plant every 10' or so some nice native grasses that gives even more visual cue, and is flowing & possibly seasonally flowering. Something like these:  I did this on a stretch of yard that ran about 200' or so. Worked wonders, and the plus side is I never had to take care of it other than squirting some occasional weed killer on whatever was hearty enough to pop thru fabric and rock. Also, go buy a lottery ticket! p.s. nice pad. 
Last edited by 54ny77; 05-17-2022 at 12:33 AM.
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Cub Z series is just what I'm looking for.
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